Hi Vincent, > 1. A simple interface that allows to associate pictures (or words) > to sounds, ordered by categories and easily accessible (touch screen > and big pictures...)
Can you first check out how close "Speak Ease" by Ben Wilde gets to your brother's needs? It is free, and you can find it at the URL http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/assist/et/2005/SpeakEase.html It runs on J2ME-enabled phones (i.e., Java ME, not Google Android, although it should be easy to port). Despite being tested only on Motorola RAZR V3 according to the web page, I gave it a quick try on my Nokia 6680 and there the .jar executable file, http://www.unc.edu/~bwilde/FilesImages/bounce.jar installed and ran fine too, so it probably runs on most Java-enabled phones that are on the market. Even the Java source of just a few hundred lines is available from http://www.unc.edu/~bwilde/FilesImages/Bounce.java such that building your own dedicated library should be easy. Concrete examples of tools that (even partially) meet needs can help guide further decision making, because developing something that turns out not to serve the purpose at all means a lot of wasted effort, and adapting something that already gets more or less close is far more efficient. Regards The vOICe for Mobile Camera Phone and PDA http://www.seeingwithsound.com/midlet.htm On Oct 13, 11:17 pm, Vincent Vatelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > So, I am going to explain a little more what I have in my head... > > My little brother, Maxime, is 21 years old. He doesn't speak and has > never spoken. He has his own perception of the world but he is > sociable and he understand everything we tell him. > > However, he is not independant and he still lives with my parents. He > is very calm and can stay focus on a task if he is interested. He > loves everything that makes lights and sounds! It is not difficult for > him to use a computer, and for exemple, he is very good when playing > computer games...! > > When he was younger, he had a system of labels which were attached to > his trouser. When he wanted something, he asked with his labels... > Very good idea, and he managed it well, but there were more and more > labels, and it became difficult to continue with that! > > Then, he tried a vocal synthesis. It was a kind of box (40cm x 20cm x > 3cm and about 1kg... Sorry, I am french ;) ) There were about 50 > labels on this box and when he pushed a label, there was a predifined > sound (for exemple, to say "hello, my name is Maxime...")... Very good > idea too, but not easy to use at all! > > Finally, he tried B.A.bar (http://www.fst.ch/babar/)... Another vocal > synthesis based on the usage of barcode... A word is associated to a > barcode, and you have to scan it to speak... This is not a good idea > for my brother who spent his time playing with the light of the > scanner and recording various sounds!... > > I first wanted to develop an application who was based on the labels > and the first vocal synthesis principle, but more user-friendly... I > thought about a pocket-pc, but this is a closed platform, and I do not > have knowledge in .net... I would like to have a product that would be > small, simple... for both user and administrator... Here are the > functionnalities I thought about: > > 1. A simple interface that allows to associate pictures (or words) > to sounds, ordered by categories and easily accessible (touch screen > and big pictures...) > 2. The plateform would have to be locked on restricted applications > (no way to use it as a recorder or game, or other thing...) > 3. An easy admin interface that would allow administrator to manage > sounds, pictures, words, categories... > 4. Why not developping an application that could call a phone > number in case of emergency (home...) so that he could try to make > things by himself... > 5. And finally, but that's complitely hypothetical, develop an > application that could synthetize a voice from the sounds he can make > with his own voice (laugh, cry...) I am not sure this is possible to > make it, but I hope so... > > So... I think I have summerized everything... Do you thing I should > propose a project? I am able to lead it, but I am not sure about the > way to do it... > > Thanks for your advice > > Vincent --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
